父

See also: 乂
父 U+7236, 父
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7236
← 爵
[U+7235]
CJK Unified Ideographs 爷 →
[U+7237]
⽗ U+2F57, ⽗
KANGXI RADICAL FATHER
← ⽖
[U+2F56]
Kangxi Radicals ⽘ →
[U+2F58]

Translingual

Traditional 父
Simplified 父
Japanese 父
Korean 父
Stroke order
4 strokes
Stroke order

Han character

父 (Kangxi radical 88, 父+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 金大 (CK), four-corner 80400, composition ⿱八乂(GHJTV) or ⿱八⿻乀丿(K))

  1. Kangxi radical #88, ⽗.

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 690, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19721
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1103, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2039, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+7236

Further reading

Chinese

simp. and trad.
父
alternative forms 𠇑

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 父
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) – A hand holding a stone, referring to a man working with a stone axe.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *p/ba (“male; father”).

Regular development from Middle Chinese would lead to the labiodental fù in Mandarin, but the colloquial word resisted the sound changes and is now written as 爸 (bà), with the 巴 (bā) phonetic component added to it to indicate the unchanged bilabial initial.

Pronunciation 1


Note: hô - literary.
Note:
  • hu6 - literary;
  • bê6 - semantic (original character is 爸).
    • Wu
      • (Shanghai, Suzhou)
        • Wugniu: 6vu
        • MiniDict: vu去
        • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 3vu
        • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vu²³/
        • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /vu²³¹/
    • Xiang
      • (Changsha)
        • Wiktionary: fu4
        • Sinological IPA (key): /ɸu⁴⁵/

Rime
Character 父
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 虞 (24)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 扶雨切
Baxter bjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bɨoX/
Pan
Wuyun
/bioX/
Shao
Rongfen
/bioX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/buə̆X/
Li
Rong
/bioX/
Wang
Li
/bĭuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fu6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 父
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
fù
Middle
Chinese
‹ bjuX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[N-p](r)aʔ/
English father

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 父
Reading # 2/2
No. 3504
Phonetic
component
父
Rime
group
魚
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
父
Old
Chinese
/*baʔ/

Definitions

父

  1. father
    父親/父亲  ―  fùqīn  ―  (formal) father
    父母  ―  fùmǔ  ―  parents; father and mother
    父子  ―  fùzǐ  ―  father and son
    父女  ―  fùnǚ  ―  father and daughter
    父輩/父辈  ―  fùbèi  ―  one's father's generation
    家父  ―  jiāfù  ―  (humble) my father
    生父  ―  shēngfù  ―  biological father
    養父/养父  ―  yǎngfù  ―  adoptive father
    繼父/继父  ―  jìfù  ―  stepfather
    天父  ―  tiānfù  ―  (Christianity) Heavenly Father
    國父/国父  ―  guófù  ―  father of a nation; (specifically) Father of the Republic (Sun Yat-sen)
    雜交水稻之父/杂交水稻之父  ―  zájiāo shuǐdào zhī fù  ―  (specifically) Father of Hybrid Rice (Yuan Longping)
    Antonym: 母 (mǔ)
  2. Used to address a male elder member of a family.
    祖父  ―  zǔfù  ―  paternal grandfather (one's father's father)
    伯父  ―  bófù  ―  paternal uncle (father's elder brother)
    叔父  ―  shūfù  ―  paternal uncle (father's younger brother)
    岳父  ―  yuèfù  ―  father-in-law (wife's father)
    舅父  ―  jiùfù  ―  maternal uncle (mother's brother)
    姨父  ―  yífù  ―  maternal uncle (husband of mother's sister)
    姑父  ―  gūfù  ―  paternal uncle (husband of father's sister)
    Antonym: 母 (mǔ)
Synonyms

Pronunciation 2



Rime
Character 父
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 虞 (24)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 方矩切
Baxter pjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pɨoX/
Pan
Wuyun
/pioX/
Shao
Rongfen
/pioX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/puə̆X/
Li
Rong
/pioX/
Wang
Li
/pĭuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pi̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fu2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 父
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
fǔ
Middle
Chinese
‹ pjuX ›
Old
Chinese
/*p(r)aʔ/
English (respectful suffix in male names)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 父
Reading # 1/2
No. 3500
Phonetic
component
父
Rime
group
魚
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
甫
Old
Chinese
/*paʔ/

Definitions

父

  1. (literary, respectful) old man; elderly man
    漁父/渔父  ―  yúfǔ  ―  old fisherman
    田父  ―  tiánfǔ  ―  old farmer
  2. (literary) Alternative form of 甫 (“honorific suffix used after a man's name; courtesy name”)
    梁父山(梁甫山) [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Liángfǔshān (Liángfǔshān) [Pinyin]
    Mount Liangfu (alternately, Mount Liangfu) (in Shandong, China)
  3. a surname

Compounds

References

Japanese

Shinjitai 父
Kyūjitai
父󠄁
父+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
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Kanji

父

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
父
ちち
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese 父 (titi), from Proto-Japonic *titi.

Still in modern usage.

Pronunciation

Noun

父(ちち) • (chichi) 

  1. father
    野比(のび)のび助(すけ)は、主(しゅ)人(じん)公(こう)のび太(た)の父(ちち)。
    Nobi Nobisuke wa, shujinkō Nobita no chichi.
    Nobi Nobisuke is the father of the protagonist Nobita.
    • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 1, page 115:
      父(ちち) 爲(す)考(こう)、和(わ)名(めい)知(ち)々(ち)、日(に)本(ほん)紀(き)私(し)記(き)云(いう)加(カ)曾(ソ)
      chichi sukō, wamei chichi, Nihon Ki Shiki iu kaso
      Father: considered in Japanese as chichi; in the Nihon Shoki Shiki it is pronounced kaso
  2. (by extension, figurative) a father figure (male initiator or founder of something)
    近(きん)代(だい)医(い)学(がく)の父(ちち)
    kindai igaku no chichi
    the father of modern medicine
  3. (Christianity) God, the Holy Father
Usage notes
  • This term conveys neither positive nor negative connotations. However, using it to describe someone the speaker knows personally is often considered lacking respect, where more polite forms like お父(とう)さん (otōsan) are preferred.
  • This term is sometimes used in objective narrations, but for this purpose, 父(ちち)親(おや) (chichioya) is more common.
Antonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
父
ちち > てて
Grade: 2
irregular

Appears in the Utsubo Monogatari of roughly 970 CE.[3]

Glossed as “I[gualmente], chichi. Pay” (“same as chichi. Father”) in Nippo Jisho.[4]

Shift from chichi.[3][5]

Usage continued until at least the early 1700s.[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [te̞te̞]

Noun

父(てて) • (tete) 

  1. (archaic) one's own father
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
父
とと
Grade: 2
irregular

Appears in the Nippo Jisho of 1603.[3]

Originally a shift from chichi or tete in baby talk, used by children to refer to their own father.

Still in modern usage.

Pronunciation

Noun

父(とと) • (toto) 

  1. (childish) one's own father: daddy
    Coordinate term: 母 (kaka)
  2. (by later extension) a husband, master of the house
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
父
ちゃん
Grade: 2
irregular
Alternative spelling
爺

/totosan/ → /totːɕan/ → /t͡ɕan/

Likely a contraction of 父さん (toto-san).

Pronunciation

Noun

父(ちゃん) • (chan) 

  1. (informal, possibly dialect) one's own father [from Edo to early-Meiji period]
  2. (by later extension) the head or master of an establishment such as a teahouse, boathouse, etc.

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
父
ふ
Grade: 2
goon

The “father” and “uncle” affixes is from Middle Chinese 父 (MC bjuX).

The “old man” affix is from Middle Chinese 父 (MC pjuX).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝ]

Affix

父(ふ) • (fu) 

  1. father
  2. father figure
  3. uncle
  4. old man, elderly man
Derived terms

Etymology 6

Kanji in this term
父
ほ
Grade: 2
kan’yōon

From a corruption of Middle Chinese 父 (MC pjuX).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ho̞]

Affix

父(ほ) • (ho) 

  1. (honorific) old man
Derived terms
  • 尼父(じほ) (Jiho)

Etymology 7

Kanji in this term
父
かそ
Grade: 2
irregular

⟨kaso2⟩ → */kasə/ → /kaso/ → /kazo/

From Old Japanese. Appears in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE as unvoiced kaso.[1][3] Further derivation unknown.[3]

May have fallen out of use by 1603, when neither kaso nor kazo are found in the Nippo Jisho. Kaso would be here as the sixth entry from the bottom on the left, and kazo would be here as the eighth from the bottom on the right.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ka̠zo̞]

Noun

父(かぞ) • (kazo) 

  1. (obsolete) one's own father
    • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 1, page 115:
      父(ちち) 爲(す)考(こう)、和(わ)名(めい)知(ち)々(ち)、日(に)本(ほん)紀(き)私(し)記(き)云(いう)加(カ)曾(ソ)
      chichi sukō, wamei chichi, Nihon Ki Shiki iu kaso
      Father: considered in Japanese as chichi; in the Nihon Shoki Shiki it is pronounced kaso
Derived terms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. “Tete”, in Nippo Jisho, 1604, page 256
  5. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  6. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 父 (MC bjuX, “father”).

Historical readings

Pronunciation

Hanja

Wikisource 父 (eumhun 아비 부 (abi bu))

  1. Hanja form? of 부 (“father”).
  2. Hanja form? of 부 (“elderly male relative”).
Compounds

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 父 (MC pjuX, “old man; elderly man”).

Historical readings

Pronunciation

Hanja

父 (eumhun 사내 보 (sanae bo))

  1. (literary) Hanja form? of 보 (“respectful term for an elderly man”).
    Synonym: 甫 (보 (bo))
Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.

Old Japanese

Etymology 1

Reduplication of ti below.[1]

Noun

父 (titi) (kana ちち)

  1. one's own father
    Coordinate term: 母 (omo, papa)
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 13, poem 3312:
      , text here
      ...奥床仁母者睡有外床丹父者寐有...
      ...okuto2ko2 ni papa pa inetari to1do2ko2 ni titi pa inetari...
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Derived terms
  • 父母 (titipapa)
  • 母父 (omotiti)
Descendants
  • Japanese: 父 (chichi, tete, toto)

Etymology 2

Eastern dialect of titi above.

Noun

父 (sisi) (kana しし)

  1. (regional, Northern Eastern Old Japanese) one's own father
    Antonym: 母 (amo)
Derived terms
  • 母父 (amosisi, “mother and father”)

Etymology 3

From Proto-Japonic *ti.

Noun

父 (ti) (kana ち)

  1. (honorific) a term of respect for males
    • 711–712, Kojiki, poem 48:
      加志能布邇余久須袁都久理余久須邇迦美斯意富美岐宇麻良爾岐許志母知袁勢麻呂賀知
      kasi no2 pu ni yo2kusu wo tukuri yo2kusu ni kami1si opomi1ki1 umara ni ki1ko2simo2tiwose maro2 ga ti
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)
      Note: Poem 39 of the Nihon Shoki is similar to this but replaces 迦美斯 (kami1si) with 伽綿蘆 (kame1ru).
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Unknown.[2]

Noun

父 (kaso2) (kana かそ)

  1. one's own father
    Antonym: 母 (iro2pa)
    • 720, Nihon Shoki, Emperor Ninken, entry 11: sixth year, ninth month in autumn:
      菱城邑人鹿父〈鹿父、人名也。俗、呼父為柯曾〉聞而向前曰「何哭之哀甚、若此乎」。
      A man of Pisikï village, Kakasö (his name is Kakasö; it was customary to call one's father kasö) heard [the woman's] cries, turned to her, and asked, “Why these cries of grief, young one?”
Descendants
  • Japanese: 父 (kazo)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Vietnamese

Han character

父: Hán Việt readings: phụ (扶(phù)雨(vũ)切(thiết))[1][2][3][4]
父: Nôm readings: phụ[1][3][5], phủ[1]

Affix

父 (phụ)

  1. chữ Hán form of phụ (“father”).
  2. chữ Hán form of phụ (“elderly male relative”).

Derived terms

References

  1. Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  2. Trần (2004).
  3. Bonet (1899).
  4. Génibrel (1898).
  5. Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
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